How Students Make Dorm Lounges Feel Like Home

By Katie Istomin

Common Council Approves Stopgap Funding Plan, Following Cuts to Balance the City Budget

Ithaca Common Council approved a measure that amends the 2026 city budget, cutting several funding lines to fill a multi-million-dollar funding deficit at the Wednesday council meeting. 

YORK | ‘Bugonia’: Inside the Mind of a Conspiracy Theorist

Who can we blame for the state of the world? In Yorgos Lanthimos’s Bugonia, a class conflict becomes a war between species and a battle for survival. Teddy Gatz (Jesse Plemons), after facing a life of endless tragedy, becomes convinced that there is a cosmic reason for his suffering. He pins the downfall of society on an invasion of Andromedans, aliens with the faces of humans, who have successfully infiltrated our society. His primary target is Michelle Fuller (Emma Stone), a pharmaceutical CEO who, he’s convinced, is not from this world. So, when Teddy kidnaps Michelle and brings her to his home, it's a necessary evil: in his mind, he’s saving the human race from the Andromedans’ corruption. 

SUNBURSTS | Fall Flicks

Sun photographers caught glimpses of Ithaca’s peak foliage last week.

Cornell University Receives $5.1 million Autism Research Grant

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell’s Ithaca campus have received a $5.1 million grant from the National Institute of Health’s Autism Data Science Initiative, which aims to improve reliability and public trust in autism research, according to the Cornell Chronicle. The funding will establish the Autism Replication, Validation, and Reproducibility — or AR2 — Center, which will serve as a quality-control hub for ADSI projects, helping ensure that findings across the initiative are accurate and verifiable.

Hybrids, Heat and Hunger: How Cornell Scientists Are Breeding Climate-Resilient Crops

As erratic rain and heat stress disrupt planting and harvests, Prof. Margaret Smith, plant breeding and genetics, believes hybrids, genetic diversity and adaptive management must work together to protect consistent food supplies.

Strategic Orbit: Cornell PhD Student’s Perspective on the Rise of Space Warfare in U.S. Defense Policy

When most people hear the phrase "space warfare," they imagine science fiction battles, not real-world military strategy. But in today’s world, outer space has become a great frontier of geopolitical competition, and the United States is preparing accordingly.

Colleen Hoover Delivers Another Disappointment With ‘Regretting You’

Spoiler Warning: The article contains details from the plot of Regretting You.

AYSW? | Gothic Films for an Ithaca November

While some reserve Gothic horror for the Halloween season, I’d argue that there’s no better time to enjoy the chilling atmosphere and foray into the taboo that the Gothic provides than now. From November through the winter, Ithaca’s gloomy weather will provide the perfect backdrop to enjoy my personal favorite genre. While we all know the Gothic classics, like Frankenstein and Nosferatu, what follows are some of my favorite lesser-known films and shows that definitely deserve a watch. 

'There Is a Bittersweet Element to Senior Year’: Cross Country's Mairead Clas ’26 Reflects on Athletic Career

From the moment she laced up her running shoes, senior Mairead Clas knew that cross country would be a lifelong companion. Growing up in a family of runners, getting involved in the sport felt almost inevitable.

‘We Will Be Making Nationals’: Tyler Canaday ’26 Seeks to End Cross Country Career With a Bang

Senior runner Tyler Canaday believes the sky’s the limit for men’s cross country this season.

Men’s Tennis Closes Fall Season Strong at Dartmouth Invitational

The men’s tennis team wrapped up its fall season with an impressive performance at the Dartmouth Invitational this past weekend, highlighted by multiple singles wins and an undefeated doubles slate.

PETROVA | Disclose, Divest, Fix Moral and Financial Stress

As protests against Israel's bombing of Gaza continue to engulf the streets, one phrase stands out: “Disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest.” On college campuses the call for university divestment from companies complicit in the deaths of over 64,900 Palestinians is a staple of student organizing.

Cornell’s PMA Department Redefines Home in ‘I Want a Country’

How do you build a country? What does the perfect country look like? What if there was no religion, no poverty and no death? Everyone is compassionate to one another and no one man lives above another. Sounds ideal, right? Well, the process isn’t quite that simple, especially if the reason you’re trying to create a new country is because you’ve been forced out of your own. The Performing and Media Arts department’s recent production of I Want a Country took on all these questions and challenged the very definition of a country in this modern, experimental piece. 

Immigration Authorities Subpoenaed Amandla Thomas-Johnson’s Personal Email. Now He Says Cornell Is Refusing to Tell Him if His School Account Was Also Breached

International graduate student Amandla Thomas-Johnson had already fled the country in April 2025 over deportation concerns when he received two emails spaced 90 minutes apart.

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PHAM | The Company Who Cried Green

It's better to dress something down than to fake it up. Yet most of us are taught the opposite: When entering a new space, we try to fit in, play the part and meet the standard. This "fake it until you make it" mentality is not only harmful to ourselves but also to our physical environments, corroding the integrity of the spaces we're trying to fit into and threatening their future existence. 

LIVE UPDATES: General Election Results 2025

This story will be updated throughout the night. Read The Sun’s previous Ithaca, Tompkins County and New York City election coverage here.

BADAWI | More Mamdani for Me

If there’s one thing that Columnist Leo Glasgow and I can agree on, it’s that New York is the most important city in the world. It’s the best city in the world. Every few weeks after break I’m flooded with homesickness, remembering my reading spot on a cold granite statue overlooking the Hudson River or the staircase that still serves as the point of congregation for me and my friends. 

ZHOU | Populism Shouldn’t Be So Popular

We are under attack.